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Margaret's eyes were too large to stay neatly inside of her head, like other people's, and her frizzy black hair never stayed in her barrettes. Mothers loved her because she was always doing the stuff they thought their daughters should do-homework, Chemistry Club, and wearing shoes that made her feet look like a duck's. But they didn't know what she was really like.
— Jun 29, 2024 07:22PM
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Voicey. Kind of strange and aimless but it’s obviously intentional since it’s strange and aimless in the exact same ways as Cather in the Rye.
— Jul 12, 2024 05:51PM
Emma
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How could he know that? A grown-up I'd never met knew how I felt. My parents didn't. My teachers didn't. But a man I'd never met knew me. The thought made me so happy. So hopeful. Maybe life would turn out better than I thought. Maybe there was a place where I would fit in.
— Jul 12, 2024 05:17PM
Emma
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Paula’s father: I don’t want that evil to be a part of your life. I wanted the past to stay in the past. I wanted you to have the future.
— Jul 12, 2024 05:09PM
Emma
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Was that all there was? Trying? I suddenly understood what I never thought about before. Holden didn't escape. He was only gone for a couple of days. It seemed longer. But today seemed longer, too, although it was only a few hours. And then Holden wound up in a mental hospital. After the book ended, he just went home and grew up. And so would we.
— Jul 12, 2024 04:57PM
Emma
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Our great plans had failed. Maybe they weren’t such great plans after all.
— Jul 12, 2024 04:36PM
Emma
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Were people really this obsessed with going to college in the 1950s? That feels like a newer invention.
— Jul 10, 2024 07:40PM
Emma
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“Too bad Germany lost the war. They had the right idea.”
Jesus
— Jul 08, 2024 07:36PM
Jesus
